Bound to Happen

After a year and a half of running around my neighborhood with my gate key in my sports bra, today is the day it finally bit the dust.

I made it back to my complex after a very chilly 4 miler and discovered the gate key was missing from my person. I double backed and did a quick look through of where I had ran, but I was running late and the gate key was no where in sight.

RIP gate key! It’s ok, I understand I tortured you by shoving you in my sports bra every morning. I hope you’re in a better place now – perhaps one that doesn’t involve my sweaty boobs? 😉

I plan to grab a new key at lunch time. Let’s cross our fingers it doesn’t cost me an arm and a leg to replicate!

Originally I wanted to be original for lunch, but honestly all I was craving was cereal and yogurt so that is what I went with for the 4th day this week. 🙂

Sorry about the chilly weather for the race! We’re getting blasted by snow at the moment, but all the local forecasters would rather discuss the Florida weather instead! They keep telling stories of the poor iguanas getting so cold they’re falling out of the trees…

Well in some ways its better than that really HOT year they had back in 2007. I think it was like 80 degrees at the start in the dark. (at least I think colder weather is better than that!)

Don’t let the weather freak you out too much, it can always change. I tried to remain calm in 2008 I think it was when they almost cancelled the Boston Marathon due to a nor’ easter. In the end the weather wasn’t that bad, just a littlet wet, and I ran a PR!!

things fall out of sports bras. bad idea, especially with keys. is it a normal key like for doors and stuff – if so, I loop it onto my shoelaces and it stays put and doesn’t bounce. if its a card like a credit card – utlize your lululemons and put it in the pocket! hope these tips help! thats why I heart lulu – their awesome pockets!

Ah cereal for a meal outside of breakfast always feels like such a treat 😛 I had it for dinner the other night and it was amazing 😀 I think cereal is the best food. Ever.. Bad luck about your key btw 🙁

Probably should have mentioned my gate key is a swipeable key shaped like a credit card, which is why I put it in my sports bra. I say out of so many hundreds of runs, to have it fall out now isn’t so bad. 🙂

I thought of you this morning – I had the news on to confirm that Hannah’s school was closed because of the winter storm, and then they went to Orlando and showed all the frozen orange plants – no! And then I thought – “it’s not going to warm up too much for Meghann’s marathon!”

I put my key in my bra and in my pants pocket sometimes, but I always pin it with a safety pin on the outside. I lost my keys once and had to wait forty five minutes to get into my house in 30 degree weather, so I learned my lesson 🙂

I don’t carry a key on me at all during my runs! To get in the house I just use the keypad on the garage and then the hidden key to get in the house. That would be a different story if we had a gate though. Did you end up just jumping the gate or something?

Hey Meghann, Just wanted to try and help with your outfit for this weekend. I ran the Memphis Marathon in December and it was about exactly the same weather. Just below 30 at the 8am start and a little above 40 at the finish. I wore running capris, a long sleeve Nike dri-fit shirt and a $3 throwawayjacket from Goodwill. I also wore a headband and gloves. Don’t underestimate how quickly you’ll warm up. I’d hate for you to have to throw your nice Lulu jacket to the side!! I threw my $3 fleece to the side at about mile 6 and never regretted it. I was wamred up by then and the sun was SHINING so I never really got cold. Hope this helps! BTW, I was TOTALLY freaking out about what to wear, too! Teresa

I can’t imagine running with a gate card in my sports bra–I’d be constantly worried about it falling out! I always either run in my pants that have a zippered pocket in the back, in my athletic jacket that has zippered pockets, or I take my MP3 player armband (with or without the MP3 player) so I have someplace to put my keys. (The armband also has $5 in it, as incentive for that day that I can run far enough to make it to a store on my run–I’m buying myself a celebratory bottle of water on that day!)

May I ask why you drink the cup of hot water before running? Is it because it’s cold out? I have a run on Saturday morning and it will probably be in the low 20s. I am curious if I should be doing this?

Good luck on Sunday! My friend and I will be running the Disney full as well. It’s been very cold training in Virginia, and with the cold spell now in Florida we can rule out overheating as a potential issue.

I ran a half this past October in Michigan and it was about 30 degrees for the duration of the run. I think 40 degrees would be perfect marathon weather – my main recommendation for dealing with the cold is cover your ears and cover your fingers! I would rather wear shorts and and a tank top in 30 degrees than sacrifice my ears and fingers – they actually hurt if I don’t keep them covered in the cold. Good luck finding the perfect outfit – consider going to Goodwill to buy some throw away layers!

Meghann, do you know what corral you have been placed in? Will the Disney cast members come after me with pitchforks if I move up one corral? (It’s a time I can finish in, i swear! But i don’t want to get in anyone’s way or piss off anyone, either, so staying put is understandable.)

Thanks, Meghann. I already went to the expo and was moved up, but i had no idea what the placement meant. (Neither did the race relation person.)

I have all sub 2-hour halfs and I want to run between 4-4:15, like you, but those pace setters are in an entirely different corral in an entirely different place. (They’re not right next to each other!)

I’ve run 2 half marathons (so far). One was in November iin the midwest and was in the 40’s. The other was in the middle of June in the midwest and was in the 80’s-90’s the last 6 miles. MUCH preferred the cooler weather!

Buy a cheap sweatshirt and throw it to the curb after a couple of miles. Same goes for gloves and a hat.